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Combined next generation and handheld sales were $275 million thanks
primarily to “dramatically higher than expected sales of 360 and Wii
games,” according to a note from Wedbush Morgan Securities analyst
Michael Pachter.

Nintendo and Microsoft accounted for $79 million of the $96 million year-over-year increase in sales.

Current generation software sales, including Game Boy Advance software, were $275 million.

Devil May Cry 4 will be released simultaneously for PS3 and Xbox 360.
The action series has this far notched up sales of seven million units.
This news will come as a blow to Sony which has been criticized for its
lack of third party exclusives.

"Capcom is committed to making
its titles available to as wide an audience as possible, and has been
building its technology base to meet that goal," said Capcom U.S. boss
Mark Beaumont.

The two companies already have a relationship, and EA says it plans
to extend its interest. IIn 2006, EA and Neowiz partnered to launch EA
Sports FIFA Online, which now has 4.4 million registered subscribers.

Under
the terms of today’s deal, EA will own approximately 19 percent of
Neowiz stock at a cost of $105 million.

The official reason for his sudden departure are said to be personal.
Koei has been losing share in recent years, and is known to be looking
towards opportunities in the online and mobile markets.

Kenji
Matsubara, head of the software division #4 at Koei is stepping in to
take over. His division was responsible for online content and mobile
phones. He joined the company in 2001 and stered projects such as
Nobunaga no Yabo Online and Shin Sangokumusou.

cclaim is not a company that‘s afraid of the new. It’s bringing
esoteric Korean games to Western markets. It’s basing its business on a
largely unknown free-to-play advertising-based model. It’s opening up
development to consumers via grand Willy Wonka-style contests.

Also, it’s dispensed with testers and is getting Joe Public to do the work for free.

Yuji Fujimori said in an investor note reported at CNN Money
that cost-reduction measures in the manufacturing process would allow
Sony to pass the savings along to consumers without damaging the
company's long-term profitability.

Fujimori's note outlined how
Sony reduced the number of components in the original PlayStation from
700 pieces to

The recently released budget-priced PS2 version of GTA: Vice City
Stories managed to knock off Ubisoft's GRAW 2 for Xbox 360, which held
the top spot last week. Released less than a month ago in Europe, Final
Fantasy XII also drops a spot, while the new Wii version of Tiger Woods
07 drives that title to number five. Dr.